Postgraduate Research in English Literature
Page for Postgraduate Events and Research in English Literature
There will be an induction and welcome event for new postgraduate researchers in English Literature at 3pm on Wednesday 2nd October. This event will complement the School induction on Friday 27th September, and will be followed by a ‘Meet and Greet’ with Research Centres in EDACS at 4pm. Join us for practical advice on starting … Continue reading “English Literature Induction & Welcome”
To find out more about Research Centres in EDACS, join us for the PG Research Centre Meet and Greet: 4pm, Wednesday 2nd October, Arts Lecture Room 4. Events take place every week within English Literature and EDACS, including visiting speakers, seminars, screenings, and other events organised by departments and Research Centres. For a list of … Continue reading “Research Centre Meet & Greet”
Weekly Writing Sessions July-August 2019, University of Birmingham Centre for Digital Cultures Vicki Williams is organising a series of writing sessions throughout the summer, for PGRs in the Centre for Digital Cultures. The sessions will provide an informal setting to share and discuss ideas, whilst coming with set tasks and putting time aside for writing. … Continue reading “Weekly Writing Sessions (Summer 2019)”
In the latest of our regular ‘Works Loved’ sessions, we will each bring and read from and discuss a text that proved foundational to our research.
We continue reading William Cronon this week, with his short essay “The Trouble with Wilderness”. Cronon explores the historical “taming” of wilderness spaces.
William Cronon’s essay about ghost towns in “Kennecott Journey: The Paths Out of Town” explores ecology, environmental crisis and the American West. Many thanks to Will Carroll for suggesting our reading this week.
Continuing our discussion of Lauren Elkin’s Flâneuse, this week we’ll read the book’s introduction, which explores the territorial complexities of walking in the city.
This week we discuss a chapter and epilogue from Lauren Elkin’s book Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London (2016). Many thanks to Liam Harrison for suggesting our reading this week.
We’re moving from heroes to hierarchies this week, discussing a chapter from Caroline Levine’s Forms.
This week we’ll be thinking about heroes and epic, reading two texts as a starting-point: a short section from Dean Miller’s The Epic Hero and passages from Derek Walcott’s poem Omeros.
